Improved car-coupling



C. LAYTON.

Car Coupling.

Patented June 8,1869.

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CHARLES LAYTON, OF MATAWAN, NEW JERSEY.

Letters Patent No. 91,028, datcd June 8, 1869,

10 all whom it muy concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES LAY1QN, of Matawan, in the county of Monmouth, and State of New J ersey, have invented a new and improved Car-Coupling; and I.do hereby declare that the following is a full,

clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the .accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a top view, partly in section, of my improved coupling.

Figure 2 is a front view of one of the burhper heads.

Figure.3 is a plan view of the coripling-link.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention has for its object to fnrnish an improved car-coupling, which shall be simple in construction, and effective and reliable in operation, and which shall, at the 'same time, be self-conpling; and

It consists in the construction and combination of the various parts, as hereinafter more fully described.

A repres'ents the bumperheads of two adj acent cars, the months of which should he made hopper-shaped, toinsure the entrance of the couplingbar when the cars are run together.

B is the coupling-bar, which is slotted longitudinally near each end, to receivethe couplingpins, and which may be made with projections upon its middle part,

'toprevent it from being pushed too far into either bumper-hcad. r

G are the conplingpins, which pass in horizontally through a'hole in the bumper-heads A, so as to pass through the slots of the conpling-har B.

T0 the outer ends of the pins C are pivoted the forward ends of the levers D, the middle parts of which are pivoted to supports E, attached to the bumperhead, draughtbar, frame of the car, or other suitable support.

To the rear end of the lever D is rigidly attached an arm, F, which passos in through a slot in the rear part of the bumper-head A, in an inclined position, and to the forward side of its inner end is attached a block, G, for the end of the coupling-bar B to strike against.

H is an arm, to the slotted forward end of which is pivoted a friction-wheel, I, which rolls along a groove in the rear side and inclined end of the arn1 F.

The arm H is held forward, so that the wheel I ma press against the arm F, to hold it steadily, both when pnshed forward and when drawn back, by the c0iled springJ, one end of which is connected,with the said arm H, and the other end with the rear part of the bumper-head or other suitable support.

To the rear part of the lever D, near its rear end, is pivoted the unter end of the bar K, which passos through and slides in holes in the rear part of the brmper-head, or other suitable guides; and to its other end is pivoted the upper end of one arm of the lever L, which is pivoted to a support, M, attached to the rear part of the bumperhead or other suitable support.

The lerer L is made in such a form, and is pivoted in such a position, that its free end may project up v through or near the platform of the car, into such a position that it may be conveniently reached and operated by the attendant.

By this construction, when the conpling-bar B enters the bumper-head, its forward end strikes against the block G, and pnshes the inner end of the arm F back, which opemtes the lever D, to force the couplingpin 0 in through the slot of the coupling-bar B.

To uncouple the cars, the operator presses down upon the projecting end of the lever L,which operates the lever D, to withdraw the coupling-pin O from the coupling-bar B, and, at the same time, moves the inner end of the arm F forward, into such a position that the entering 'coupling-har will strike it, in again conpling the cars.

..Having thus described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of the lever D, rigid arm E, block Gr, connecting-bar K, and bent lever L, with each other, and with the couplin'g-pjn C, and bumperhead A, snbstantially as hercin shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination of the pivoted arm H, frictionwheel I, and coiled or equivalent spring J, with the arm F, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

MR. CHARLES LAYTON.

Witnesses:

' DAVID SUTPHEN, J 0HN THOMPSON. 

